Installing anything on a production server deserves real scrutiny — especially when it talks to a company you just met. So here is the whole truth about our sensor, in plain language, before you paste a single install command.
The sensor is a small program that runs on the hosts you choose. Its only job is to enumerate the packages your operating system already knows are installed — the same data you would get from running dpkg, rpm, or your language's package manager — and report that inventory back to OurCVEs over HTTPS.
Once we have that inventory, we cross-reference it against the published CVE feeds and tell you when something you actually run is affected. That is the entire job.
Every host has a "last report" view in your dashboard. The exact inventory we received is right there for you to inspect — nothing is hidden behind the curtain.
There is no port to expose and no inbound connection to firewall. The sensor reaches out to us; nothing reaches in to it.
The same one-liner that installs the sensor removes it. Changed your mind? You're never locked in.